Chapter Summaries

Dio learned the emergency landing would take place through a typhoon and that candidates would continue toward Gram Gasland with help from the Shanwen Tribe. After Bokushin’s parachute tangled and a mysterious bullet destroyed it, Dio caught her and plunged with her toward the sea.

• Captain Fengbo told the airship passengers that the Hunter Association would eventually get them back to the ground, then revealed that Dio was taking the Hunter Exam rather than inspecting it.
• Dio asked Fengbo about the landing and the route to Gram Gasland, and Fengbo explained the typhoon challenge and pointed candidates toward the Shanwen Tribe representative at the Coastal Lighthouse.
• Dio and Bokushin jumped from the airship, but Dio discarded his parachute pack as he followed her into the storm.
• Bokushin’s parachute lines tangled in the wind, and Dio dove toward her after seeing that she could not untangle them in time.
• A bullet with a silver current tore through Bokushin’s parachute lines, and Dio caught her around the waist before they fell toward the sea.

Dio saved Bokushin after she lost her parachute, slowing their fall with Nen and reaching Misty before they hit the sea. They flew toward the lighthouse, where Vincent Cayman was surprised by Dio's arrival.

• Dio caught Bokushin during their fall from five thousand meters and urged her to maintain [Ten].
• Dio unleashed his Nen Aura to slow their descent until Misty caught up and carried them across the water.
• Dio spotted the lighthouse beam and flew toward it on Misty with Bokushin holding on.
• Vincent Cayman heard a knock and opened the lighthouse door, where he found a drenched Dio smiling at him.

Dio reunited with Vincent at a lighthouse and learned that Vincent could send him and Bokushin to Gram Gasland through a storm-powered wind path. Vincent launched them into the clouds, where a powerful current swept them away.

• Dio met Vincent again at the lighthouse and introduced Bokushin, who was also taking the Hunter Exam.
• Dio asked Vincent for a quick way to reach Gram Gasland, and Vincent explained that his Shanwen Tribe could travel through hidden wind paths inside storms.
• Vincent gave Dio one parachute and led him and Bokushin outside to prepare for the journey.
• Dio asked to learn about typhoons and Vincent offered to teach him what he knew before using his Aura to send the pair into the clouds.
• A powerful current struck Dio and Bokushin in the wind path, and Dio grabbed Bokushin as they were swept sideways.

In Gram Gasland, Hisoka met San, a circus magician who shared his taste for gum, then searched the city for strong opponents while preparing to take the Hunter Exam. When he spotted a familiar figure with a cloud Nen Beast falling from the sky, Hisoka recognized the moment as a fated encounter and rushed toward it.

• San returned to Abaki after a long absence, but she shut the door on him when she realized he had brought her chewing gum again.
• Hisoka approached San in the alley, accepted some Bungee Gum, and introduced himself as a magician before leaving.
• Hisoka searched Gram Gasland for strong opponents and considered the Hunter Exam he had signed up for.
• Hisoka heard a roar overhead and spotted a falling figure accompanied by a familiar cloud Nen Beast.
• Hisoka erupted with excitement and sprang toward the falling figure.

Dio and Bokushin flew over the red earth until Hisoka appeared below and challenged them with his malice. Dio attacked from the sky with a rainstorm and lightning, while Hisoka dug a shelter, unaware that electrified rainwater was flowing inside.

• Bokushin excitedly enjoyed flying on Dio's Nen Beast, and Dio praised her talent.
• Dio spotted Hisoka waiting below and shielded Bokushin from Hisoka's intense malice.
• Dio covered Misty in dark clouds and unleashed a downpour across the surrounding ground.
• Hisoka evaded Dio's lightning spears by digging a shelter beneath the earth.
• Electrified rainwater seeped into Hisoka's shelter and began to deliver a dangerous shock.

Dio subdued Hisoka and headed toward Gram Gasland as a Hunter Exam clue broadcast revealed a cryptic route to the venue. After the broadcast ended, examinees began searching for the location in their own ways, while Dio made a phone call.

• Bokushin asked whether Hisoka was Dio's enemy, and Dio explained that Hisoka was mostly bored and could be useful against the Phantom Troupe.
• Dio struck the ground above Hisoka with a Nen-powered landing, weakened Hisoka's presence, and left him buried before flying toward the city with Bokushin.
• Music Hunter Chopin broadcast a disguised Hunter Exam clue across Gram Gasland, telling candidates to keep their insights confidential and giving directions to his studio.
• Dio realized the broadcast's recruitment message pointed to the exam venue and regretted not learning how to decode the clues.
• Examinees searched for the venue by analyzing the broadcast, following confident candidates, or using other schemes, while Dio made a phone call.

Dio asked Cheadle to decode the Hunter Exam’s encrypted location, but Bokushin solved it first and identified the answer as Fountain. Dio praised her ability and led her to search the city’s fountains, while Cheadle grew suspicious after hearing a woman’s voice on the call.

• Dio called Cheadle for help decoding the message that pointed to the Hunter Exam site.
• Cheadle decoded the message as Fountain, but Bokushin independently announced the same answer.
• Cheadle wondered who had spoken beside Dio and called a Hunter she knew after recalling a replacement examiner.
• Dio asked Bokushin how she solved the cipher, and she explained that she had studied cryptography at military school.
• Dio patted Bokushin on the head, took her hand, and began asking locals where to find fountains.